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TOb0gganing.

A new word this for new style of
winter amusement. The custom of
" coasting" is as old as our Amori
civilization, and probably the sons of
Miles Standish and Bradford and Brews-
ter rode down Burial Hill " at
Plymouth on a hand-sled. From our
Canadian neighbors we have imported
a new method of doing the thing.
Where nature has provided no hills the
toboggan clubs construct one of timber,
and then, arrayed in picturesque caps
and belts, tunics and leggings, they
spin merrily down the artificial slope
on low sleds, which are constructed
like the Irishman's stone wall, which,
"when it tumbled over, was higher
than when it stood up" A very pretty
and exhilarating sport is tobogganing,
and it does not seem to be falling, like
the roller-skate business, into the
hands of the devil. Ben. Franklin drew
some memorable morals from paying
too dear once for whistle; and in like
manner / am reminded of several other
things when | see the merry crowd
coasting down their snow-slide. l
notice that they all start slowly at the
top of the hill. That is just the way
that Harry Tipplecup began with his
champagne glass. He felt some twinges
when he swallowed his first glass of
wine at party; but he had tried
another before he left the parors, for a
stylish friend asked him to drink with
him, and so gave push to the tobog-
gan. Harry saw plenty of ale and
Bourbon on the tables of the business
men at the restaurant where he took
his daily lunch. Some called for it to
"help Digestion" and he soon fancied
that il helped his also. The subtle
appetite increased so rapidly that last
year his employer said to him, Harry,
cannot have a book-keeper in my
store who has to 60 out three or four
times day for his dram, and who is
not fit to 90 home to his family at night.
l must discharge YOU" The poor fell
low had very little idea when he started
soon lose all control of it, and be cap
sized with his bloated face and empty
pocket into ruin. The danger with
him now is that instead of taking a
total abstinence pledge he will drink
all the harder to" drown his troubles"
Two other acquaintance of mine are
about as thoroughly wrecked as Harry
is, but their downhill slide began at the
card-table over what they called /" a
small stake just for fun" The insid-
ious gambling mania soon got them
into pool-rooms and betting, and the
poisonous company which haunt the
sporting resorts. One of them has lost
his situation in a bank for handling the
money too freely; the other is depend
ent for his daily bread on the old
father whom he is disgracing. Satan
ices that toboggan slide of gambling
nowadays with such seductive and
slippery devices that not only needless
youths, but many Spectator and
stock-broker and dabbler in risky bust
ness ventures find themselves capsized
before they dream of it. To get some
thing for little or nothing is the seduc-
tive bait that starts every gambler
don't care under what name it is prac-
ticed-on the down-grade to destruc-
tion.-Dr. 4. l.. Cuyler.
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rested upon handsome young lady.
whom / knew at once must be Va. /
was positive of il. Would she know
me? What would her sentiments be
towards me? Thinking to try her |
wrote off dispatch to send to my folks
at home. The instant her eye caught
the signature she blushed and tried to
speak, but only the word, 'Are-you-'
escaped her. From the pleased express
sion in her dark eyes | knew the chance
that had brought US together was not
an unwelcome one.
"'Oh, Dbl Is it really you? Where
have you been all the timer she asked,
when ] had satisfied her of my identity.
And you married her afterwards"
asked the reporter.
-" Yes, finally, but not at once. My
health improved right away, and in a
year the bells rang out our wedding
chimes. va resigned her position and
we came to Milwaukee, where we have
pleasant little home on Fourteenth
street. We are the happiest couple you
ever saw. Say, can't you come up and
take dinner with us some day? If you
only understood telegraphy you would
be highly entertained, for my wife and
l carry on most of our conversation
with telegraphic signs, and our little
baby-boy is getting old enough to I'M
derstand our language. l will promise
that. you will soon learn telegraphy at
our house,"
ooh, / understand telegraphy per-
fectly," answered the reporter.
y Is that so? Where did you learn?''
Taking a step towards the restaurant
door, the reporter placed his hand on
the latch and answered.:
81 was the postmasters clerk at
Denton who broke you up the night
you were going to pop the question to
Va"
The operator rose with frown on
his face, but the reporter had vanished
IN the darkness of a stormy night
Selected.
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HALLS CATARRH CURE.
&1OO---Reward---&1OO.

The readers of the WATCHMAN will
be pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known in the medical fraternity.
Catarrh, being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucus surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for list of testi-
monials. Address
f. j. CHENEY q CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Ca Sold by druggists at seventy-five
cents.
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Mlural ano Religious.
" Not Strangers There.v

To whom would heavens doors so freely open
As to a little child,
Who stands with timid feet upon its threshold,
Lovely and undehed2
And such an one, of late, was lowly lying,
with fast receding breath;
over her face the first, last shadow falling
She was afraid of DEATH
Her loved ones said, Oh, do not fear to enter
That land, so wide and fair"
To all their words of cheer she could but answer
81 do not know them there"
But, even as she spoke, her hands were lifted
In sudden, sweet surprise,
And the reflection of some dawning splendor
lllumed her wandering eyes.
No longer clinging to her tender watchers,
And darkened by their woe
She looked as If she saw some loved one beckon
And was in haste to go.
What she beheld we saw not. and her rapture
our hearts not yet might share,
But with last bright smile she whispered, gladly
They are not strangers there!"
-Ioath'S Companion
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advertisements.
A CHILD'SSKIN
Ears and Scalp, Covered with
Eczematous Scabs and
Sores, Cured by
Cuticura.

MY little son, aged eight years has been afflicted
wi with Eczema of the scalp, and at times a great
portion of the body since he was two years old
1t began In his and extended to his scalp which
became covered with scabs and sores, and from
which sticky fluid poured out causing intense itch
ing and distress and leaving his hair matted and life
less Underneath these scabs the skin raw, like
a piece of beefsteak. Gradually the hair came out
and was destroyed until but a small patch was left
at the back OF the head. My friends in Peabody
know how my little boy has suffered At night he
would scratch his head until his pillow was covered
with blood. | used to tie his hands behind him. and
in many ways tried to prevent his scratching but IL
was no use, he would scratch took him to the hos
pital and to the best physicians in Peabody without
success, About this time some friends, who had
been cured by the CUTlCURA REMEDIES, prevailed
upon me to try them. began to use them on the
18th of January last In seven months every parti-
Gle of the disease removed. Not a spot or scab
remains his scalp to tell the story of his suffering
His hair has returned and Is thick and strong, and
his scalp ms sweet and clean rs any childs In the
world. cannot say enough to express my gratitude
for this wonderful cure by the CUTICuRA REM.
ED1Es, and wish all similarly afflicted to know that
my statement is true and without exaggeration.
CHARLES MCKAY,
oct g. 1885 Peabody Mass.
have seen Mr.. McKays boy when badly affected
with the Eczema lie was pitifu sight to look at.
know that he has tried best physicians, and did
all father could do for suffering child but avaied
nothing. | know that the statements he has made
You as regards the curing of his boy by your CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES are true in every particular.
WILLIAM y. MCCARTHY,
80 Foster St. Peabody, Mass.
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BENTON'S NERVE and BRAIN TONIC.

If you are so nervous that minutes seem
like hours, or days seem like weeks and
years, let not moment pass before you try
this great vitalizer, as its effects in all such
cases are prompt and reliable If the Doc
tors give you DoyERs POWDER and NOR
PINE to make you have quiet sleep you
will find this better than all the doctors. If
you become restless and nervous, so you
cannot sleep, Opium and its kindred allies
are the worst things you can possibly take.
A few doses of BENToN's NERVE AND BRAIN
Tonic il sure to relieve you, and in no in
stance has it ever failed to cure
Sold by all Druggists, and sent by express
on receipt of price, Sl.0O.
DIR, g. o. BENTON, Proprietor.
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5---DecapitatiOns.

1-Behead escape and leave luminous.
2-Behead an article of dress and leave d
garden utensil.
3-Behead lash and leave a kind of
food.
4-Behead a vapor and leave something
used on farm.
j-Behead something ancient and leave
story.
6-Behead household article and leave
space.
in great haste. HEBE.
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BE not weary in well doing, for in
due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
That due season is Gods own time, not
ours. There are no years or months in
his existence. You may be sowing
seed whose harvest shall be reaped by
your successor. Stephens prayer and
Stephens teachings ripened into re-
suits after he had gone up to his martyr
crown. Perhaps in the midst of your
steady legitimate work your ears may be
saluted by the sound of an abundance
of rain. -Rer. T. L. Cuyler.
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ONLY thirty-six per cent of those
who die from consumption inherit the
disease. In all other cases it must
either be contracted through careless
ness; or, according to the new theory
of tubercular parasites, received di-
rectly from others as an infectious dis
ease. But in either case DR.. Pierce's
" Golden Medical Discovery is a posi-
tive remedy for the disease in its early
stages. 1t is delay that is dangerous.
If you are troubled with shortness OF
breath, splitting of blood, night-sweats
or lingering cough, do not hesitate TO
procure this sovereign remedy at once.
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2-.-Enigna.

Composed of 30 letters.l
My Ii is to take account.
My % Is "a u 10 / is the duty of a priest.
My 90 % 30 is a metal
My Is 10 90 is an old fashioned game.
My II q is to know.
My II q go is the name of lecturer
My IL 30 20 IL "A is used in a cloth
factory.
My 10 . 10 is a reptile.
My % 9 10 % is concerning matrimony.
The whole is a proverb falsely attributed
to the Bible. THREE LITTLE MAIDS
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Piles Piles! Piles!

Sure cure for blind bleeding, and itching
Piles. One box has cured the worst cases
of ten years standing. No one need suffer
ten minutes after using this wonderful
Kinks German Pile Ointment. 1t absorbs
tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as
poultice, gives instant relief. Kinks Ger
man Pile Ointment is prepared only for
Piles and itching of the private parts, and
nothing else. Every box is warranted by
our Agent.
Sold by Druggists; sent by mail on receipt
of price Fifty cents and S1.00 per box.
DIR. G. o. BENTON, Proprietor.
Inv
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Tell Me Something About Jesus.

A soldier was once led to Jesus by a
very little boy. The soldier was quar-
tered for some weeks, one winter, with
a pious farmer and his family. 1t was
their rule, before eating, to ask a bless
ing upon the food; and after their meal
they always gave thanks to God who
had provided it. The soldier had not
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Qus3le Corner,
1-.-Charade.

once took trip to a far western state,
To visit a schoolmate | knew;
And over the prairie and through the wild glen.
With the speed of an arrow, we flew.
The FIRST that we rode in goodly adorned
With totals and that sort of thing
And in the back seat a gay lady held
A second by collar and string. STUDENT
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For many years ] have been accus-
toned to say to myself, with self-appli-
cation, -" a great sinner, great Savior"
AS some years ago | lay on what | then
thought was to be my dying-bed,
thought that this would be an appropri-
ate inscription on my tombstone. But
of late have changed it somewhat. |
have altered single word, thus, Z" A
great sinner, a greater Savior. "-Chris-
hdu Tredslyu.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.

Hardly a week passes without the men
ton by the newspapers of sudden deaths,
and of late the alarming frequency of the
statement that death was caused by rheu-
matism or neuralgia of the heart cannot
fail to have been noticed In all proba-
bility many deaths attributed to heart dis
ease are caused by these terrible diseases,
which are far more dangerous than is gen
orally considered. Is there any positive
cure2 The best answer to such question
is given by those who hare been cured by
the use of Athlophoros.
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3.-.DiamOnd.

IA consonant.
"A play upon words.
3-The center Of the eye.
1.-The son of Saturn an Ops.
IA name for saltpeter.
6--The name of a great confederate gen.
eral.
IA consonant. DUPLEX r.
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Chicopee, Mass, NJ, %, 1856.

have suffered for over five years with
muscular rheumatism, being treated by
several physicians, besides taking number
less remedies; the doctors could not cure
me and the different medicines gave me no
relief. There was one remedy had not
tried-Athlophoros. | bought three bottles
of it, taking them according TO directions.
| commenced at night before retiring. The
next morning, after good nights rest, |
was perfectly free from pain. My rheu-
matism went and has never returned.
Athlophoros effected cure in my obstinate
case and believe it will in that of any one
suffering with rheumatism or neuralgia.
G. f. LEWIS.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., ll2 Wall ST., New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt of
regular price, which is SLIGO per bottle
for Athlophoros and SOC, for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
of women, constipation, headache, impure
blood &c, Athlo,'h"ros l'ills nre unequaled,
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'UPLEX h.
4...TranspOsitiOn.

Transpose man who thinks himself
Than common people higher;
And that that you have left is good
For putting out a fire.
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STOP THAT COUGH!

BY using BENToN's PINE TREE TAR
TRoCHEEs, sure cure for Cough Colds and
Sore Throat. No cure, no pay. Sold by
Druggists, twenty-five cents per box.
Wholesale Agent, JNo. II. FRANCIS, 20
Maiden Laue, New York City.
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Dover, n. H., March %, 1886.

have for years suffered with muscular
rheumatism in back Of my head, neck and
arms the pain was intense and seemed to
grow steadily worse. used two bottles
of Athlophoros and it brought relief almost
Immediately. believe Athlophoros to be
pure, honest medicine, and there is no
question it will certainly cure rheumatism.
Mrs. +. KENNEDY, Orchard Street.
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6---Many Men of Many Minds.

What man holds the criminals wrist
like a wise?
2-What man is in the stalls in front of
the horses?
thing?
What man is an imposing structure?
5-What man is an order or command?
6-What man is legal writ?
What man is an island?
S-What man is very prominent in
China?
9-What man is an exhibition or dis
play?
10-What man is metal? TRoTTIE.
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Answers to Puzzles of Last Week

so Constitution, (2) Embarkation, (3)
Superabundance, a. Savagely, (5) Para
mount, 90 Marriage, % Mastication, (S) Ac-
Gordon, (9) Carriage
Waste not, want not.
5-One beats the crowd, the other beats
the drum.
60 Cast, caster; (2) Mist, mister; (3)
Barry, barrier; a. Bit bitter; (5) Gate,
gaiter; 90 Bow, bower; % Pill, pillar.
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do not know of any instance in which the CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES have failed to produce satisfactory
results. believe have sold more of them than of
any other skin remedies have ever handled during
the thirty three years of my experience druggist
A. ID. TRYON,
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I Sold everywhere. Price: CUT1CURA, fifty cents
CUTICURA SOAR, twenty-five cents CUTlCURA RE.
SOLVENT, sl.OO. Prepared by the POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases"
DIMPLES, Blackheads, Skin Blemishes and Baby
] LM HumOrs. Use CUTICURA SOAP.
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DR.. Cages Next Visit.

Windsor Hotel. Thursday, Feb. H. until noon.
White River June. House Thursday, Feb II, to 8.
Van Ness House, Burlngton.... Saturday, Feb. 49,.
No. % West Thirty-irst street, New York, Mondays
The Irish standard., 1887-01-15
MINNESOTA & NORTHWESTERN
"THE WATERLOO ROUTE"


ST. Paul ST. Paul
ST. Louis & Kan. City exp. t8 10 A nj n so NJ
Chicago, Waterloo and Du- II O5 T NJ IS 80 AM
buQue ex.... ..... VI Q5 Nj rs 80
Randolph, Northtied, Fa1i-
baut and Wateryille &C.. II 80 F NJ +1120 An
Dodge Center, Rochester,
Austin and Lyle accom-. +4 SO p II I'll 20 a
7 Daily except Sunday. Except Saturday.
f Except Monday.
NorE-This is the only line running the ele-
CANT Pullman Ruget sleeping cars between st.
Paul and Chicago.
sY For tickets. sleeping car accomr1oda-
tions, rates, time tables and full information,
apply to
ST. PAUI-John L. Whetan, city ticket agent,
1874 East Third street: Brown g. Knebel, ticke,
agents, Union depot
MINNEAFOLlS--W. H.. GOWenlOck, No. 10
Nicollet block
The only line in the Northwest running Pull
man elegant buffet sleepers and Combination
sleeping and chair ears. Popular route to Chi
cago and the East. Short Line-St. Louis,
Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchison, Leaven-
worth, Galveston, San Francisco and all Cali
forna points, New Orleans and Florida.
Through to all points, south, east and west.
without change Of GepOts. No change of cars
between st. Paul and Chicago. St. Louis or
Kansas City. w. II. G0WENLOCk,
City Ticket Agent, 234 Heunepin avenue, Min
neapolis, Mimi, and
JOHN l.. WHELAN,
City Ticket Agent, 1888 East Third street, st.
Paul, MINI.
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TIE Ex1LE's REQUEST.
BY r. u. A'GEE.

nOh, Pilgrim. If you bring me from the tar-of
lands sign.
let it be some token still of the green old land,
once mine;
Than all tie wines OF the Rhine land, or the
A art Of Italie.
FOR was born in lreland-I glory in the
4 weep for all her sorrows, remember we'll her
famel
And still my heart must hope that may yet
repOSe At rest, ..
On the Holy Zion OF my youth, In the Israel or
the West.
Her beaute teous face is furrowed with sorrow 8
streaming rains,
Her lovely limbs are mangled with slavery
ancient chains,
Yet Pilgrim, PASS net over with needless heart
The Island OF the gifted, and of men who knew
to die.
Like the crater Of fire-nount all without is
bleak and bare,
But the vigOr of its lips still SHOW wdat hre ana
force were there,
Even now in the heavlng craters, Tar from tne
gazer'B ken,
foes again.
Then, Pilgrim, if you bring me from the far
off lands sign,
once mine;
A shell from the shores of Ireland would be
Than all the wines of tho Rhineland, or the art
Of ltalie.
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8 SHl.A.MROCKS FROM ERIN.
o'DoNoVAN's ,( N DAUGHTER.
BY EDWARD WALSH.

,ts ... EDWARD WALSn. =
One midsummer seve. when the Bel-tires were
And the he bag-piper's tone calld the maidens oe-
,o;nn9 nEa'v yay group By the Araylin's water,
lJ,d Sanced til the dawn with O'Donovan
daughter.
Have you seen the ripe monadah 8nst7n 40
kerry2 r,.,,s thu black
Have YOU marlz'd on the Galteys tne 'looA
or ceanahan Mm wave by the wells of Black'Wyater
.I'heT re the the cheek, eye and neck OF Don-
vans Daughter!
Have you seen gay kidding on ClaraRh's
4The swan's arching glory on sheeling's blua
Heard weird woman chant what the fairy
rbev noii vc the est step, grace and tone of o'Dono-
vans Daughter!
Have you mark d in it's fight the black wing
.rno rnse-buds that breathe in the summer
The nearis that lie hid under Lene's magic
They da re- the teeth, lip and hair of ODonovan's
Daughterl
Bre the Belflro was dimu'd, or the dancers de-
taught her a song Of some maid broken
hearted;
And chat group, and thst dance, and that love-
cong taught her,
Haunttrny slrlmbers at night with VOonoVahs 8
Daughter
God grant it's no fay from Cnoc-Firtnn that
Woees rne,
!, sues nae,
wrought her,
DauYhterl
II. spell-bound, pine With an airy disorder,
Saint Gobnate has sway over Mosgry Wac
border .oa
She'll scare from couch, when with prayer I've
besought her,
-Thst bright airy sprite ike ODonoVans 3
daughter.
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Oh f! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME.
By THOMAS MOORE.

By THOMAS MOORE.
INSCRIBED to Robert Emmet)
Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the
shade,
Where cold and unhohor'd his relics are laid /;
Sad. silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed,
AS the nigiit-dew that falls on the grass DER his
head.
But the 1right-dew that falls, though in silence
il Weeps
Shall brighten with verlure the grave where
h,, sleeps:
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it
rolls
Shan long keep his memory green in our souls.
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WEXFORD.

On December Is, the tenants on the
Brooke estate in County Wexford
adopted the ''Plan of Campaign" fail
ing to secure an all round reduction of
80 per cent. Mr.. Mayne, NJ. P, was
served with a cautionary notice as re-
CARDS the moneys received.
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MAYO.

The tenants on the estate of MIR.
Bartley, Hastings, Sussex, owner of a
property near Westport, on December
IL, waited on his agent and demanded
reduction of 25 per cent. in their
rents, which was refused them. They
have been served with ejectments and
civil bills for the recovery of the rent,
which will come Oh for hearing at the
next Westport Quarter Sessions. Eject
ment processes at suit of the Rev. MIR.
Livingstone, Cambridge, who is also a
land owner near Westport, against his
tenantry, have been posted 10y the pro-
cess servers on the markethouse and
courthouse here. The tenants on the
Rev. Mr. Livingstone's estate usually
earn the rent in England and Scotland.
whittier they go in the harvest time.